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Re: Kitty Maitland, a friend of Laura('s) and a party guest

Yes but we should explain to our students that this is idiom, an exception to grammar. A friend of me or or a friend of Laura may well appear to them to to be correct, rather than a friend of mine or a friend of Laura's.

Re: Kitty Maitland, a friend of Laura('s) and a party guest

Originally Posted by probus

Yes but we should explain to our students that this is idiom, an exception to grammar. A friend of me or or a friend of Laura may well appear to them to to be correct, rather than a friend of mine or a friend of Laura's.

How about this one on(or in?) wiki?(somehow I don't like a capital letter W):

As a young man in Corinth, Oedipus hears a rumour that he is not the biological son of Polybus and his wife Merope.